ASK THE SHELTER: What is a “stray” dog, and what do I do if I find one?

This is an excellent question, and one that isn’t as simple to answer as you may think. Whether a dog is a stray or not sometimes depends on the laws in your particular area. In Ferry County, only the city of Republic has a leash law. If you are within Republic city limits, and spot […]

ASK THE SHELTER: Is Forget Me Not Animal Shelter a “No-Kill” shelter?

Yes, Forget Me Not Animal Shelter is a no-kill shelter. After 10 years of operating “as if” we were no-kill, the Board of Directors voted this year to officially become part of the No-Kill Nation movement. What that means is, no healthy, adoptable pet will ever be euthanized for lack of space or length of […]

Ella gives back! How one shelter adoptee is making a big difference

Meet Ella, adopted from Forget Me Not in summer 2004. This is Ella now, with her parents Megan Lyden and Sam Mann: And this is how Ella looked when she first arrived at her Forget Me Not foster home in 2004, a skinny, bedraggled stray with a coat full of burrs and grass seeds: Ella […]

Kitten Season! Bottle babies and more

Kitten season is in full swing here at Forget Me Not. Poppie’s babies got all the early press, from the novelty of having been born at the shelter… but now that they have all been chosen by adopters (and will all be going home in 7-10 days), the newcomers can have their moments in the […]

Stop the Cycle

Do you know a Ferry County resident who is littering? I don’t mean tossing fast food wrappers out of their car; I mean creating unwanted litters of puppies or kittens, because they have been unable to spay their female pets. Forget Me Not has a fabulous program to help end the “littering” problem in Ferry […]

Long-time shelter pets need your help

Spring is here, when our thoughts turn to… KITTENS! Unfortunately, this year we have many juvenile and adult cats who have not yet found their forever homes. Along with these beautiful cats, we have one amazing dog who just can’t seem to get noticed… he’s seen dozens of other dogs come in to the shelter, […]

Volunteer to help dogs

Forget Me Not Animal Shelter now has both cat buildings and dog buildings open and accepting adoptable pets – YAY! Unfortunately, the only way we can continue accepting dogs into the adoption program is if more people sign up to volunteer as dog caregivers. We are losing two of our primary dog caregivers, and will […]

Ringworm outbreak at shelter infects eighteen adoptable pets

An October ringworm outbreak at the shelter has left eighteen of our twenty-one adoptable pets infected. Infected pets include: Alameda Adriano (adopted after infection) Acosta Aguafria SilverBelle ChiangMai Siobhan Wasabe Lambert Fantasia Doolittle Melinda Six unnamed leMutte puppies This leaves only Cupid (who is on “longtimers discount”), Surat (currently on “adoption pending”), and Zorro uninfected. […]

New Shelter Blog

Welcome to the new official volunteer-driven blog for the Forget Me Not Animal Shelter! Here, you can expect to find: News about the shelter Information on new pets up for adoption Information about the adoption process Pet care tips and just thoughts from our volunteers Other pet- and shelter-related stuff Stay tuned for highly irregular […]